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2. The measurement system shown in the figure uses three sub-systems in cascade
1
whose gains are specified as G1 , G2 and . The relative small errors associated
G3
with each respective subsystem G1 , G2 and G3 are ε1 , ε2 and ε3 . The error
associated with the output is:
Input 1
G1 G2 Output
G3
1 ε1.ε2
(A) ε1 + ε2 + (B) (C) ε1 + ε2 − ε3 (D) ε1 + ε2 + ε3
ε3 ε3
3. The following circuit has a source voltage Vs as shown in the graph. The current
through the circuit is also shown.
a b
+
Vs R 10k
−
15 1.5
10 1
Current (mA)
5 0.5
Vs (volts)
0 0
−5 −0.5
−10 −1
−15 −1.5
0 100 200 300 400 0 100 200 300 400
Time (ms) Time (ms)
(C) (D)
a b
a b
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4. The two inputs of a CRO are fed with two stationary periodic signals. In the X-Y
mode, the screen shows a figure which changes from ellipse to circle and back to
ellipse with its major axis changing orientation slowly and repeatedly. The
following inference can be made from this.
(A) The signals are not sinusoidal
(B) The amplitudes of the signals are very close but not equal
(C) The signals are sinusoidal with their frequencies very close but not equal
(D) There is a constant but small phase difference between the signals
5. The increasing order of speed of data access for the following devices is
(i) Cache Memory
(ii) CDROM
(iii) Dynamic RAM
(iv) Processor Registers
(v) Magnetic Tape
(A) ( v ) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv ) , (i) (B) ( v ) , (ii) , (iii) , (i) , (iv )
(C) (ii) , (i) , (iii) , (iv ) , ( v ) (D) ( v ) , (ii) , (i) , (iii) , (iv )
A B
2kΩ
1kΩ D 1kΩ
6V
(A) 0mA (B) 1mA (C) 2mA (D) 6mA
9. For a fixed value of complex power flow in a transmission line having a sending
end voltage V, the real power loss will be proportional to
(A) V (B) V2 (C) 1/V2 (D) 1/V
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10. How many 200W/220V incandescent lamps connected in series would consume
the same total power as a single 100W/220V incandescent lamp?
(A) not possible (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2
11. A Linear Time Invariant system with an impulse response h(t) produces output
y(t) when input x(t) is applied. When the input x ( t − τ ) is applied to a system
with impulse response h ( t − τ ) , the output will be
13. The complete set of only those Logic Gates designated as Universal Gates is
(A) NOT, OR and AND Gates (B) XNOR, NOR and NAND Gate
(C) NOR and NAND Gates (D) XOR, NOR and NAND Gates
14. The single phase, 50Hz, iron core transformer in the circuit has both the vertical
arms of cross sectional area 20cm2 and both the horizontal arms of cross
sectional area 10cm2. If the two windings shown were wound instead on opposite
horizontal arms, the mutual inductance will
(A) double
(B) remain same
(C) be halved
(D) become one quarter
15. A 3-phase squirrel cage induction motor supplied from a balanced 3-phase source
drives a mechanical load. The torque-speed characteristics of the motor (solid
curve) and of the load (dotted curve) are shown. Of the two equilibrium points A
and B, which of the following options correctly describes the stability of A and B?
(A) A is stable B is unstable
A
(C) Both are stable •
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17. The polar plot of an open loop stable system is shown below. The closed loop
system is
Imaginary
(A) Always stable
ω=∞
−1.42 Real
(B) Marginally stable
18. The first two rows of Routh's tabulation of a third order equation are as follows.
s3 2 2
. This means there are
s2 4 4
(A) two roots at s = ± j and one root in right half s-plane
(B) two roots at s = ± j2 and one root in left half s-plane
(C) two roots at s = ± j2 and one root in right half s-plane
(D) two roots at s = ± j and one root in left half s-plane
−40dB / dec
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20. The trace and determinant of a 2×2 matrix are known to be -2 and -35
respectively. Its eigen values are
(A) -30 and -5 (B) -37 and -1 (C) -7 and 5 (D) 17.5 and -2
21. The following circuit has R = 10 kΩ, C = 10 µF R. The input voltage is a sinusoid at
50Hz with an rms value of 10V. Under ideal conditions, the current is from the
source is R
10kΩ
(A) 10π mA leading by 900
is
10kΩ
22. In the figure shown, all elements used are ideal. For time t<0, S1 remained
closed and S2 open. At t=0, S1 is opened and S2 is closed. If the voltage Vc2
across the capacitor C2 at t=0 is zero, the voltage across the capacitor
combination at t=0+ will be
S1 S2
3V
C1 1F C2 2F
23. Transformer and emitter follower can both be used for impedance matching at
the output of an audio amplifier. The basic relationship between the input power
Pin and output power Pout in both the cases is
(A) Pin = Pout for both transformer and emitter follower
(B) Pin > Pout for both transformer and emitter follower
(C) Pin < Pout for transformer and Pin = Pout for emitter follower
(D) Pin = Pout for transformer and Pin < Pout for emitter follower
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24. The equivalent capacitance of the input loop of the circuit shown is
i1 1kΩ 1kΩ
1kΩ 100 µF
49i1
input
loop
100 µF
25. In an 8085 microprocessor, the contents of the Accumulator, after the following
XRA A
instructions are executed will become MVIB F0H
SUB B
(A) 01 H (B) 0F H (C) F0 H (D) 10 H
26. For the Y-bus matrix of a 4-bus system given in per unit, the buses having shunt
−5 2 2.5 0
2 −10 2.5 4
elements are YBUS = j
2.5 2.5 −9 4
0 4 4 −8
(A) 3 and 4 (B) 2 and 3 (C) 1 and 2 (D) 1,2 and 4
27. The unit-step response of a unity feedback system with open loop transfer
function G(s) = K/ ((s + l) (s + 2)) is shown in the figure. The value of K is
0.75
response
0.5
0.25
0
0 1 2 3 4
times ( s )
28. The open loop transfer function of a unity feedback system is given by
( )
G ( s ) = e−0.1s / s . The gain margin of this system is
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29. Match the items in List-I with the items in List-II and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the lists.
List I List II
To Use
a. improve power factor 1. shunt reactor
b. reduce the current ripples 2. shunt capacitor
c. increase the power flow in line 3. series capacitor
d. reduce the Ferranti effect 4. series reactor
(A) a → 2 b → 3 c → 4 d → 1 (B) a → 2 b → 4 c → 3 d → 1
(C) a → 4 b → 3 c → 1 d → 2 (D) a → 4 b → 1 c → 3 d → 2
30. Match the items in List-I with the items in List-II and select the correct answer
using the codes given below the lists.
List I List II
Type of transmission line Type of distance relay preferred
a. Short Line 1. Ohm Relay
b. Medium Line 2. Reactance Relay
c. Long Line 3. Mho Relay
(A) a → 2 b → 1 c → 3 (B) a → 3 b → 2 c → 1
(C) a → 1 b → 2 c → 3 (D) a → 1 b → 3 c → 2
31. Three generators are feeding a load of 100MW. The details of the generators are
Rating(MW) Efficiency (%) Regulation (p.u.)
on 100 MVA base
Generator-1 100 20 0.02
Generator-2 100 30 0.04
Generator-3 100 40 0.03
In the event of increased load power demand, which of the following will happen?
(A) All the generators will share equal power
(B) Generator-3 will share more power compared to Generator-1
(C) Generator-1 will share more power compared to Generator-2
(D) Generator-2 will share more power compared to Generator-3
32. A 500MW, 21kV,, 50Hz, 3-phase, 2-pole synchronous generator having a rated
p.f=0.9, has a moment of inertia of 27.5 x 103 kg-m2. The inertia constant (H)
will be
(A) 2.44s (B) 2.71s (C) 4.88s (D) 5.42s
33. f(x,y) is a continuous function defined over ( x, y ) ∈ 0,1 × 0,1 . Given the two
2 2
constraints, x>y and y>x , the volume under f(x,y) is
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y =1 x = y y =1 x =1
(A) ∫ ∫ f ( x, y ) dxdy (B) ∫ ∫ f ( x, y ) dxdy
y = 0 x = y2 y = x2 x = y2
y =1 x =1 y= x x= y
(C) ∫ ∫ f ( x, y ) dxdy (D) ∫ ∫ f ( x, y ) dxdy
y =0 x =0 y =0 x =0
34. Assume for simplicity that N people, all born in April (a month of 30 days), are
collected in a room. Consider the event of at least two people in the room being
born on the same date of the month, even if in different years, e.g. 1980 and
1985. What is the smallest N so that the probability of this event exceeds 0.5?
(A) 20 (B) 7 (C) 15 (D) 16
35. A cascade of 3 Linear Time Invariant systems is causal and unstable. From this,
we conclude that
(A) Each system in the cascade is individually causal and unstable
(B) At least one system is unstable and at least one system is causal
(C) At least one system is causal and all systems are unstable
(D) The majority are unstable and the majority are causal
(A) x(t) has finite energy because only finitely many coefficients are non-zero
(B) x(t) has zero average value because it is periodic
(C) The imaginary part of x(t) is constant
(D) The real part of x(t) is even
37. The z-transform of a signal x n is given by 4z−3 + 3z−1 + 2 − 6z2 + 2z3 . It is
applied to a system, with a transfer function H ( z ) = 3z−1 − 2 . Let the output be
y(n). Which of the following is true?
(A) y(n) is non causal with finite support
(B) y(n) is causal with infinite support
(C) y(n) = 0;|n|>3
(D) Re Y ( z ) z = ej θ = − Re Y ( z ) z = e− j θ ; Im Y ( z ) z = e j θ = Im Y ( z ) z = e− j θ ; − π ≤ θ < π
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(C) cannot have more than two extrema and more than three zero crossings
(D) will always have an equal number of extrema and zero crossings
39. Let x2 -117 = 0. The iterative steps for the solution using Newton-Raphson's
method is given by
1 117 117
(A) xk +1 = xk + (B) xk +1 = xk −
2 xk xk
xk 1 117
(C) xk +1 = xk − (D) xk +1 = xk − xk +
117 2 xk
40. (
F ( x, y ) = x2 + xy ˆ )
ax + y2 + xy ˆ ( )
ay . It's line integral over the straight line from
(x,y)= (0,2) to (x,y) = (2,0) evaluates to
(A) -8 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 0
41. An ideal opamp circuit and its input waveform are shown in the figures. The
output waveform of this circuit will be
Vin 1kΩ 6V
−
3 Vout
+
2
1 −3V 2kΩ
t4 t5 t6
V 0 t t2 t3
1 t
−1
−2 1kΩ
−3
(A) 6 (B) 6
↑V ↑V
t3 t6 t3 t6
0 0
t→ t→
−3 −3
(C) (D)
6 6
↑V ↑V
t6
0 0
t2 t4 t→ t2 t 4 t6
t→
−3 −3
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42. A 220V, 50Hz, single-phase induction motor has the following connection diagram
and winding orientations shown. MM'
is the axis of the main stator winding
M1
(M1M2) and AA' is that of the auxiliary rm = 0.1 Ω
winding (A1A2). Directions of the L m = 0.1 / πH
winding axes indicate direction of flux
ra = 1 Ω M2
when currents in the windings are in
L a = 10 / πH
the directions shown. Parameters of
A1 A2 M
each winding are indicated. When S
switch S is closed, the motor
220V A A′
(A) rotates clockwise
50Hz
(B) rotates anticlockwise
(C) does not rotate
M′
(D) rotates momentarily and comes to
a halt
43. The circuit shows an ideal diode connected to a pure inductor and is connected to
a purely sinusoidal 50Hz voltage source. Under ideal conditions the current
waveform through the inductor will look like
D
+ −
+
vs = 10sin100πt ∼ L = (0.1 / π ) H
−
1.5
current
(A) 1
0.5
0
0 10 20 30 40 50
time ( ms )
1.5
current
(B) 1
0.5
0
0 10 20 30 40 50
time ( ms )
1.5
(C)
current
0.5
0
0 10 20 30 40 50
time ( ms )
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1.5
(D)
current
1
0.5
0
0 10 20 30 40 50
time ( ms )
44. The Current Source Inverter shown in figure, is operated by alternately turning
on thyristor pairs (T1, T2) and (T3, T4). If the load is purely resistive, the
theoretical maximum output frequency obtainable will be
T1 T3
0.1 µF
− +
D1 D3
10Ω
10A
D4 D2
− +
0.1 µF
T4 T2
45. In the chopper circuit shown, the main thyristor (TM) is operated at a duty ratio
of 0.8, which is much larger the commutation interval. If the maximum allowable
reapplied dv/dt on TM is 50 V/µs, what should be the theoretical minimum value
of C1? Assume current ripple through Lo to be negligible.
TM
L1
100V
C1 TA L0
− +
D0 C0 8Ω
D1
−
46. Match the switch arrangements on the top row to the steady-state V-I
characteristics on the lower row. The steady state operating points are shown by
large black dots
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(D)
( A) (B ) (C )
+ − + − + − + −
is is is is
(I) (II) (III) (IV )
vs vs vs vs
47. For the circuit shown, find out the current flowing through the 2Ω resistance. Also
identify the changes to be made to double the current through the 2Ω resistance
(A) (5A; Put Vs = 20V )
48. The figure shows a three-phase delta connected load supplied from a 400V, 50
Hz, 3-phase balanced source. The pressure coil (PC) and current coil (CC) of a
wattmeter are connected to the load as shown, with the coil polarities suitably
selected to ensure a positive deflection. The wattmeter reading will be
Z2 = (100 + j0 ) Ω
Z1 = (100 + j0 ) Ω
3-Phase Z2
Z1
Balanced
Supply CC
400Volts
50Hz b c
PC
(A) 0 (B) 1600 Watt (C) 800 Watt (D) 400 Watt
49. An average-reading digital multimeter reads 10V when fed with a triangular
wave, symmetric about the time-axis. For the same input an rms-reading meter
will read.
(A) 20 / 3 (B) 10 / 3 (C) 20 3 (D) 10 3
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50. Figure shows the extended view of a 2 pole dc machine with 10 armature
conductors. Normal brush positions are shown by A and B, placed at the
interpolar axis. If the brushes are now shifted, in the direction of rotation, to A'
and B' as shown, the voltage waveform VA′B′ will resemble
N S
B' A'
B − A +
− +
ωt
0 0.2π 0.4π 0.6π 0.8π π
VA 'B '
(B)
ωt
0 0.2π 0.4π 0.6π 0.8π π
ωt
0 0.2π 0.4π 0.6π 0.8π π
VA 'B '
(D)
ωt
0 0.2π 0.4π 0.6π 0.8π π
A a
B b
C c
N S1 S2
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The star-delta transformer shown above is excited on the star side with a
balanced, 4-wire, 3-phase, sinusoidal voltage supply of rated magnitude. The
transformer is under no load condition.
51. With both S1 and S2 open, the core flux waveform will be
(A) A sinusoid at fundamental frequency (B) Flat topped with third harmonic
(C) Peaky with third harmonic (D) None of these
52. With S2 closed and S1 open, the current waveform in the delta winding will be
(A) a sinusoid at fundamental frequency (B) flat topped with third harmonic
(C) only third harmonic (D) none of these
The circuit diagram shows a two winding, lossless transformer with no leakage
flux, excited from a current source, i(t), whose waveform is also shown. The
transformer has a magnetizing inductance of 400/πmH.
A
1 :1
• i (t )
S 10A
i (t ) 30Ω 0
10ms 20ms 30ms t
5ms 15ms 25ms
10A
•
B
54. If the waveform of i(t) is changed to i ( t ) = 10 sin (100πt ) A, the peak voltage
across A and B with S closed is
(A) 400V (B) 240V (C) 320V (D) 160V
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A C
• •
Coil 1 Coil 2
B D
The figure above shows coils 1 and 2, with dot markings as shown, having 4000
and 6000 turns respectively. Both coils have a rated current of 25A. Coil 1 is
excited with single phase, 400V, 50Hz supply
57. The coils are to be connected to obtain a single phase, 400/1000V, auto
transformer to drive a load of 10kVA. Which of the options given should be
exercised to realize the required auto transformer?
(A) Connect A and D; Common B (B) Connect B and D; Common C
(C) Connect A and C; Common B (D) Connect A and C; Common D
58. In the autotransformer obtained in Question 57, the current in each coil is
(A) Coil-1 is 25 A and Coil-2 is 10 A (B) Coil-1 is 10 A and Coil-2 is 25 A
(C) Coil-1 is 10 A and Coil-2 is 15 A (D) Coil-1 is 15 A and Coil-2 is 10 A
2kΩ
3VAB
+ − A
+ 2kΩ 1kΩ
5V
−
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59. For the circuit given above, the Thevenin’s resistance across the terminals A and
B is
(A) 0.5kΩ (B) 0.2kΩ (C) 1kΩ (D) 0.11kΩ
60. For the circuit given above, the Thevenin’s voltage across the terminals A and B
is
(A) 1.25V (B) 0.25V (C) 1V (D) 0.5V
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